The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form
The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form

The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form & Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts by Owen Jones

The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form & Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts
---------------------------------------------------------------
Author: Owen Jones
Page Count: 496 pages
Published Date: 26 Jul 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Country: New Jersey, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780691172064
File size: 10 Mb
File Name: The.Grammar.of.Ornament.A.Visual.Reference.of.Form.&.Colour.in.Architecture.and.the.Decorative.Arts.pdf
Download Link: The Grammar of Ornament A Visual Reference of Form & Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts
---------------------------------------------------------------


The complete and unabridged full-color edition First published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering British architect and designer Owen Jones (1809-1874), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color. Jones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in Europe, the Middle East, and in his native London, where he studied objects on display at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851 and at local museums. His aim was to improve the quality of Western design by changing the habits of Victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sources. Jones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from Maori tattoos, Egyptian columns, and Greek borders to Byzantine mosaic, Indian embroidery, and Elizabethan carvings. At once splendidly Victorian and insistently modern, The Grammar of Ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook today.

Read online The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form & Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts Buy The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form & Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts Download and read The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form & Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The Grammar of Ornament : A Visual Reference of Form & Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent